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  • Workout in the morning or afternoon?

    At what time of day is the best time to exercise? Scientists Patrick Schrauwen and Mathijs Hesselink are trying to find out through research.

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  • Global Real Estate Leaders Program

    The University of Maastricht (UM) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate have partnered to offer the pioneering Global Leaders Program in Real Estate.

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  • Causal Data Science Meeting 2022

    On 7-8 November, Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics and Copenhagen Business School organised the Causal Data Science Meeting 2022. The event attracted more than 1,900 virtual attendees and welcomed the 2011 Turing Award Winner Judea Pearl as well as fairness and causality...

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  • Poor classroom air negatively affects learning performance

    Since the corona crisis, school ventilation has been in the spotlight, especially to prevent the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Research published today by Maastricht University (UM) shows that poor ventilation also affects the test scores of elementary school students and thus the core task of...

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  • The MORSE Week “Conferences of Conferences” 2022

    A series of events organized by the Maastricht Observatory on Resilient, Responsible & Sustainable Enterprise and Economy initiative took place during this year's MORSE "Conference of Conferences" week in October 2022.

    This week included workshops, student conferences, and a CEO meeting from October...

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  • Chemistry in the kitchen

    Professor of Clinical Chemistry Yvonne Henskens has prepared for this interview by laying out her most important cookbooks and whipping up a fig cake with eggs from her own chickens. “I prefer to make everything myself: bread, cheese, mayonnaise. I want to know how it works—in that sense I’m still a...

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  • Unusual careers: an interview with alumn Robbie Servais

    When we asked alumnus Robbie Servais about his current occupation, he told us that he works as a football coach at K.R.C. Genk. An unusual career considering that he studied International Business at Maastricht University. Although Robbie's profession may seem like an unusual career choice, his...

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